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TBVJtSDAY, APItIT, S 4, 1873.
HEWS IN BRIEF.
'l»we6d is in Portland, Mo.
—Alexis is nt Hong Kong, China.
-Coin In tho Treasury, 570.111.150.
—California Cbtuamou eal crows.
—Early potatoes are plenty In Arkansas.
—Tho yellow l*ovor is abating In Bio Janeiro.
—Jackaouport, Arkansas, la flooded four feet
deop. .
—Tho qvmrrymau’s strike In Belgium bos
ended.
—Eplzooty has loft Mexico, after killing many
horses. .
—Blackberries are plentiful In Jacksonville,
Florida.
—Grasshoppers are conducting mining opera'
lions In Texas,
—Tho First National Bank of Toledo has been
robbed of $25,000,
. -Heavy and killing frosts are reported
throughout Texas.
• —Many companies of*U, S. Cavalry are mov
tng.to the frontier.
—George Colo was lined ?50, in New York, for
adulterating milk.
—Chicago sent one thousand dollars to the
Atlantic sufferers.
—Robbers of the corpses from tho Atlantic will
will be prosecuted;
—A heavy gale at Wheeling, last week, dam
aged roofs and buildings.
—lllinois pays her Supremo’Judges 55.000. and
her District Judges S7,OO‘X
—Tho largo dry goods importing house of Es
ther & Co.. New York, has failed.
—Urooklyu, lowa, has a nine-year oldtblef,
who was educated on dime novels.
-An organ factory cm Wortham street. Bos
ton, tins been burned, iioss, 675,00 J,
-Two thousand and fitly immigrants arrived
nl New York on Tuesday of last week.
-Dr. s. Tyler, a son of ex-Presldent Tyler, lee
i tires on temperance in San Francisco.
-A. collision near llllwakeo, recently, throw
Oira car and injured 11 persons, 2 fatally.
—Johu McDermott killed Ills wife mu Sunday
, of last .week, In New York, with a hammer.
v-The insurance on the life of Ilornce Gree
ley, to tho amount of 5100,000, has been paid. .
—llrlgham Y'ouug has resigned the presidency
of Iho Ulah Central and Southern railroad.
—An alarming outbreak of yellow fever has
oecufrcd among the shipping at Rio Janeiro.
—A boy aged afteon was nearly killed with an
■ axe, In Caudla, N. H., by a sleep-walking bed
fellow.
U-Mtchnol Kane killed his brother John (not
Abel) In "Washington with a butcher knife, and
escaped.
. —The Arkansas House passed a bln making
the pay of all teachers the same without regard
to sex. .
. —Keeuen, cashier of tho City Savings Bank,of
Hoboken, N. J., lias abscounded with 530.000 of
the funds.
—Robert Pierce, near Utica, N. V., murdered
Uls Wife last week. Ills child, four years old,
accuses him. ’
—Theol Tyrer, who pleaded guilty of forgery
■ln Buffalo, has been sentenced to flveyears> im
prisonment.
—The steamboat Big Horn, from New Orleans,
uth inst., was b.urued on the 1-ith Just,, at Point
Pleasant bay.
—At Newtown, Long Island, recently, a bnr
glas shot several times at u man, who fired back
and killed him.
—General Cauby and Rev. Dr. Thomas wore
Methodists, and the church will duly coinmera
orato.their death.
—Only four Senators and ten Representatives
returned their extra paylo the treasury. Forty
others did not draw It.
—The Governor of Michigan has requested the
Legislature to Investigate the alleged frauds in
theßlale Lund OiUco.
,—Four hundred and ninety-live thousand
dollars in specie were shipped to Europe lust
week from Now York.
—A lather is under arrest in Worcester, Mass.,
for whipping a one-year old child, for an hour,
and dislocating Us thigh.
—A quarter of a mile of th,o Memphis and Lit-
Uo Rode Railroad, near tlopcfleld, was washed
■i .r. it, Urmt'tJi-u po.tUif'oldrL.'TTmTr- —
etl iu Wisconsin, for burning mail matter, to
' save tiie trouble of distribution.
—At Rochester, last Tuesday, Eugene Hall
shot his wife In a fit of jealousy, and' then shet
himself. Neither was fatally injured.
—Miss Anna Dickinson is sued by a St. Louis
lecture committee, for falling to make her ap
pearance, after a hall had been engaged and an
nouncements printed to the extent of S3OO.
—Terrence Fitzpatrick tried to heat his' wife
to death, in Brooklyn. She jumped from a win
dow, fell 23 feel, broke her leg,, and will die.
—Matthew Morrison, who was arrested In New
Yerk, on suspicion of having murdered Mary
Fagan, last March, died In the hospital, last
week. •
—ln Dutchess county, N. Y., oh the 10th Inst.,
tho chimney of a house fell on five little girls,
killing one, injuring three dangerously and one
severely.
—The supposed assassin of Gen. Hindman, ol
Arkansas, four years ago, was arrested at Mem
phis Inst week. Ills name Is Vaughn, with sev
eral aliases.
—Joseph Hartnett, sentenced lust years to ten
yeais* imprisonment for stealing a letter from
the Now York post-office, has been pardoned by
the President.
—Patterson, tho convict, who stabbed Officer
Sharon In the Massachusetts State Prison, was
since sen fenced to'(on days' solitary confine
ment and twenty years hard labor.
—Jamestown, Va.,hasa post office at last. .It
was settled 2C(J years ago, and during tbe rebel
lion consisted of two or three old houses, the
ruins of a church, and the outlines of a fort.
Two convicts at Jefferson City, Mo., at
tempted to board a moving freight train, The
guards fired, severely wounding and capturing
one. The other reached tho topofacar,wound
ed, lay down and died;
—Mrs, Johnson, wife of the keeper at Remain
Lighthouse, South Carolina, was found dead
last week, with her throat cut, and a large sum
of money, known to have been in her posses-,
slon. Is missing.
—Tho friends of Nixon, tho condemned mur
derer, gave a ball In the Bowery, New York, for
the purpose of raising money to aid bis wife and
children, .who had sold his horse and cart to buy
food. Judge Dowilngsome time since privately
gave them 5100.
—At Holland settlement, near Chicago, last
Friday nigbt, a family of Germans, named Al
ders, got Into a diillculty, which resulted in the
■murder of ayouuger son by the eider. Tile mur
derer was arrested.
—The strike of the mill employees in the little
town of ICnightsvilie, Indiana, threatens serious
results. The colored men who wore employed
in their places were'attacked by the strikers,
and a temporary peace was only restored thro’
the efforts of the police and militia. In the late
of tile imminent danger of bloodshed, it is pro
posed to withdraw the only safeguards of peace.
The ruffians who are engaged in the affair de
serve a lesson after the style of that received by
one of their fellows in Massachusetts, In sen
tencing wiiom recently the Judge pronounced
an attack upon any man’s labor to bo a pro
ceeding which should not excuse the guilty par
ty from a fraction of the full penalty of the law.
When this sound doctrine Is enforced, strikers
will bo chary of interfering with men who
choose to work.
—Tho Augusta (ArkuubUH) JltiUelin publishes a
letter from Union county, Arkansas, giving an
acccount of a horrible outrage upon ami murder
of a White woman by a negroin that county: A
few weeks ago u married woman went to a neigh
bor’s house to remain several days, but found
no one at home, and started to return, when a
negro stopped her horse, took her on; and drove,
pushed and pulled her eight miles Into the bot
tom lands, where ho tied her to a tree, and bru
tally assaulted her, keeping her there for throe
days. On the second day. while still tried to tho
tree, she gave birth to a child. On tho third day
tho husband of the tin fortunate woman, not llnd
ing her at the neighbor’s house, but discovered
her horse where tho negro hud Jeit it lied, col
lected some of his friends together and began,a.
search, which resulted In /lading,her dead body
tied to tho tree, tho negio having murdered her
by blows upon tho head Inllloted with a olub.
The murderer was soon afterwards captured by
a party of negroes who were also assisting In the
search. At the husband's request, (ho negroes
hnllt two log heaps, and, sotting them on flro,.
placed the negro between them. They were 1M
hours burning him, and at Intervals subjected
him to horrible tortimvsuch as cutting on* his
toes and strips from hla body. 'I hero wore throe
other negroes concerned In assaulting the wo
mnn. They w' r 0 t/absefpißollj- mu) shot,
STATE TREASURER 808 ' MAOKEY.
Of Iho tunny outrages perpetrated
by tho Radical Ring at the State Capi
tol, tho joint resolution of Assembly
extending tho term of Sjtato Treasurer
Mackey for one year, was the most un
blushing and audacious. It is in posi
tive violation of- tho Constitution, and
at oneo an outrage and usurpation. Tho
resolution which extends Mackey’s
term does not provide for securities,
and, as a matter of course, the men on
Mackey’s bonds for his last term can
not be expected to continue as such for
another year. Thus Mackey will have
the handling of millions of dollars of
public revenue without giying the
State a farthing of security for tho
faithful performance of his duty, a
mark of confidence highly compli
mentary on the part of his devo’ted
friends, but an act of legislation which
illustrates how little regard is evinced
for the people’s interest by those who
make our laws. As usual In schemes
of this kind, the bill thus extending the
term of the State Treasurer for another
year was never printed, it being with
held purposely from the public printer
to prevent the defects it contains from
being seen by the people, and it was
not fully understood by nine-tenths of
the members of either the Senate or
House. Mackey, thou, will act as
State Treasurer without security, and,
judging from his past history, we can
form a good idea of the result that will
follow. Even now it is more than sus
pected that there is a defalcation in tho
State Treasury to tho tone of some
throe millions of dollars. Tho Treasu
ry is now and has been fur many years
in the keeping of the Ring, and none
outside tho Rjng have knowledge of its
transactions. Wo.have no doubt what
ever that millions of dollars are stolen
every year, and that the funds of the
Gommonw'ealth are being used for
banking purposes by a lew men who,
if justice could overtake them, would
bo consigned to the penitentiary. We
now make the prediction that, sooner
or later; the people will discover that
their taxes liaye been used by Ring
speculators, and that these speculators
cannot be readied or punished because
of the legislation had for, their benefit.
We believe Mackey and the desperate
political gamblers associated with him.
are capable of doing anything
to enrich themselves. We shall have
more to say on this subject hereafter.
In the mean time we call attention to
the following article which wo And in
tho New York Democrat-.
Next to tho Southern carpel bagger,
probably the most thrifty official in the
country is the honorable Kobert W.
•Mackey, State Treasurer of Pennsylva
nia. -Ue double-discounts Grant as the
collector of wealth, and overt Wilson,
Colfax and Dawes and all the Credit
Mobilier fellows don’t seem to have
any show beside the loyal Mackey.
Two years ago Mackey confessed that
he was poor, that he had nothing, and
proved it by refusing .to pay his debts.
He has been Slate Treasurer and in that
position has received five thousand dol
lars a year.
, in two years this would make ten
thousand dollars a vast sum to a
poverty-stricken mortal like . Bbb
Mackey. Hut some how Bob didn’t
seem to care much, about it, and lias
squandered it with a recklessness that
has been surprising. He has lived
high. He has enjoyed the society of
the most luxurious and extravagant
females he could And ; he has occasion
ally “ bucked tho tiger” with a great
Republican office holder have cost Bob
about twenty thousand a year, which
ho has paid out of his salary of Avo
thousand dollars. The failure ot Yerkes
who was afterward in the penitentiary,
cost Bob $105,000, which ho had to
make good to the Slate. Anybody
would have thought that would have
made a big hole in the Hon. Bob’s lit
tle salary of live thousand a year; but
bless you, ho didn’t seem to notice it
at all. Indeed so careful had he been
of his tamings, that after giving up tho
$165,000 all out of his salary—he had
enough., left to pay over a hundred
thousand dollars to tho Republican cor
ruption, fund, which was used to pur
chase votes for Hartrarift last October.
Everybody was astonished right out
ot their boots at this proceeding; and
it was very generally conceded in
-Pennsylvania that-Bob Mackey was a
most remarkable financier. Nobody
thought it possible that Sir. Mackey
got money except through his salary,
Which he must have saved up very
carefully. . Mr. Mackey was a Republi
can and of course ho must have boon
honest; bessdes wasn’t he a friend and
an associate of that monument of hon
esty, Simon Cameron, and that pink of
virtue, John P. llartranfl? Oh, of
course he was, and so people settled
down into a felling of security.
But all this time Bob Mackey was
worrying himself to death muter' all
tiiis money.
It was evident that unless his salary
was reduced or he had some way in
vented by whicli he could get rid of
some more of his savings from hie sala
ry, ho would spoil. Just as tho case
was becoming somewhat alarming re
lief came. The Hon. Bob paid a hun
dred thousand dollars for the control
ling interest in a.Pittsburg daily paper.
This wasan eye-opener to Bob’s friends,
however, and they began to Agure on
it. It was only a few minutes before
they discovered that tho tiling stood
about this way.—Expenses of living,
rioting and generally having lots of
inn, $-10,000 for two years; helping
himself out of trouble which Yerkes
got him into, and getting Yerkes out of
the Penitentiary, $105,000 ; gave to the
Hartranft campaign corruption fund,
$lOO,OOO, a more bagatelle; paid for
newspaper stock, $lOO,OOO, some more
bagatelle; total, $105,000. All this
saved in two years out of a salary of
$5,000 a year!
Of course the thing is honest. What
is Mackey a Republican for unless he’s
honest? Nobody suspects him, of
course not, and yet there isn’t a tax
payer in Pennsylvania who wouldn’t
like to know how Bob managed to save
so.
Bob has got a tight tiling on it now.
If that daily newspaper don’t use up
all his savings out of his five thousand
dollars salary, then all signs fail.
Pennsylvania Reserve Associa
tion, —The next anniversary meeting of
the Association will be held at Gotts
burg, on Tuesday, May 15,1873, on which
occasion all those formerly connected
with the Old Division are cordially invit
ed to participate. It is expected that this
will be one of the most luteristing re
unions of the Association, on account of
the glorious historical recolieotlous con
nected with tho place of meeting,
S. XI. Reynolds, Esq., a member of
tho Constitutional Convention from
Lancaster, having resigned Ids seat in
that body, tho vacancy was tilled by
the election of Ex-Governor Bigler, of
Clearfield. A good selection.
Swinging Round the Cmor.u.—
Grant and his cabinet officers are all
absent from Washington swinging
round tho circle in various localities.
The Government is running itself.
THE CLIMAX REACHED,
' Tho bickering, bullying, cheating,
lying and stealing which have charac
terized Iho political struggle for ascen
dency in Louisiana, have at last cul
minated in a bloody riot a well
planned and deliberate assassination of
scores of black men, Tho accounts wo
publish show how merciless was tho
attack by which a largo number of
black men, imprisoned in tho court
house, that'building set on lire, and as
they attempted to escape, were shot
like so many dogs. The narrative re
minds one of the atrocities which char
acterized the border warfare between
England and Scotland, when men wore
butchered or burned, just as the pas
sions of tho captor suggested—or his
revenge demanded. In this instance,
the negroes wore tho assailed parties—
the assailants provoked all the trouble,
and the result is duo to the lax govern
ment and want of fair dealing which
now disgraces official affairs in Louisi
ana.— State Journal.
■For cool, simplified, unnecessary
misrepresentation the above paragraph,
from tho Hlate Journal, stands without
a rival. With the exception of the
first half of the opening sentence a
lucre unblushing falsehood never pol
luted its columns, which, by compari
son, is language as strong as we care to
use. That “bickering, bullying, cheat
ing. lying and stealing”. have charac
terized the government of Louisiana
over since that unfortunate State foil a
prey to thn prowling caapet-bagger
gang led by “ brother-in-law Casey,”
and that still more infamous political
strumpet, Kellogg, no ouo will at
tempt to deny. Evan Grant, himself
directly responsible for the outrage
which placed Louisiana in tho clutches
of the horde of vampires now engaged
in sticking the life out of that once
magnificent commonwealth, is evident
ly now ashamed of the dirty business
in which he engaged, and which has
just culminated in riot and loss of file.
But that a respectable journal, of what
ever political shade, should assert that
tho affair at Colfax was “a well planned
and deliberate assassination,” exhibits
a moral tupitude alike degrading-and
repulsive. Especially in view of the
plain facts of the case is such'uu -rsser
inexcusable in its transcendent folly.
And here a brief and truthful state
ment of the event so eagerly seized
upon by a certain class ns fuel to feed
theexpiriug embers of sectional hatred,
will doubtless prove the best answer
to the malignant falsehood quoted
above.
At the last local election for officers
of the parish in. which tho late riot oc
curred the democratic ticket was elected,
by a large majority, but, under the
manipulation of a -rascally returning
board, the Radical candidates . were
counted in. For some unexplained
reason these worthies failed to qualify,
and Kellogg, as Governor, issued com
missions to the regularly elected demo
crats. A member of the bogus state
legislature, learning this laet, at once
repaired to Colfax, the county scat, and
at the head of a mixed mob of negroes
and disreputable whites look forcible
possession of tho court house, ajid pro
ceeded to throw up entrenchments
around the grounds. Thinking them
selves masters of tho situation, this
crew of four hundred desperadoes sal
lied fortli in detachments, committing
innumerable outrages upon law-abid
ing citizens, until the sheriff of the
county at the head of a posse comUalus
of one hundred ami Arty men, deter
.faw^",^flra*i¥fiTirto<ly 1 o? I G'mv6 citizens
stormed tho entrenchments defended
by four hundred desperadoes, ami in
the Aght tho court house was Ai-ed, and
somewhere in the neighborhood of one
hundred negroes were killed and the
rest dispersed. Everything is now
quiet and the law has been vindicated.
This is-the long and short of tho whole
transaction, and while it is to he rel
- that tho infamous policy of the
federal administration lias made the
quelling of riots by force, necessary, it
is a matter of congratulation Unit in
tliis instance it was so well and so
quickly accomplished..
Tile Civil Service Eoform.
From the beginning civil service, as
practiced under Grant; lias lias been a
veritable sham. It was never intended
that it should bo made operative, and
the President only made u=o of it to
win notes by pretending to purify the
civil service while lie continued to con
trol votes by keeping the civil service
unpurilied. When there seemed to he
some danger that ho hud committed
himself farther than was likely to prove
convenient, he got' a written opinion
from one of his Attorney-Generals, to
the effect that it would he unconstitu
tional to carry out the rules in the only’
way’ that could hove rendered them ef
fective. Mr. Curtis stood by him man
fully throughout tiie last campaign,
and seems to have been actuated by
honest motives. At least his resigna
tion in digust at appointments made in
violation of tiie rules of tiie commis
sion, would seem to indicate that he
had some sort of faith in Grant, and
some degree of respect for himself.
With tiro resignations of Messrs Cur
tis and Medili, Who combined the
brains and (he honesty of the commis
sion, it wa.s believed that the sluim
would he suffered to collapse utterly.—
But Grant has faith in his power to
humbug tho people, bis oxperirnce
having been admirably calculated to
bring about such a frame of mind.
Acting upon that conviction, lie has
appointed D. B. Eaton, of New York,
and Samuel Shcllahargor, of Ohio, to
take tiie places In tho board made va
cant by the withdrawal of Curtis nnd
Medili. Mr. Shollabarger will ho ele
vated to tiie Presidency of tiro com
mission, and how much may’ bo ex
pected from him in tiie way of reform,
can bo inferred from the fact that lie is
known by the soubriquet of “Subsidy”
Sliellnbarger, and that bo voted for
Ben Butler’s extra pay’ bill, and pock
eted the money. Still be will doubt
less prove entirely acceptable to the
President and Iladical politicians of tho
country. Having done that and helped
Grant to throw a little dust into tiie
oyes of the pub lie, ho and his comrades
will have served llio purposes for
which they have been clioacn.
A noble Connecticut patriot of ISld
declines to draw his pension for fear of
’‘lmpoverishing tho Government.”
A deed twenty-seven feet in length
lias been tiled In the office of the Recor
der of 8.-rlts county, Pa.
The landlords in Danville liavo resolv
ed to sell Ihjuur, nuthwithstandiug .Mon
tour county voted against license.
Till! WAR IN LOUISIANA.
.1 liesiilt of I’olllicnl Misrule.
THE NEGRO GAMP AT COLFAX CAPTUHED.
.1 SlievljJ' Asserts the .S’ii pranacy of the 'l,aw
THE COURT HOUSE ItUItaiESL
Klglity or Olio Hundred Sicsrocs Shot.
'riii: jioitoo mi:AC!iHit v Ji Hl' i.'.t ri‘ I*.
The wretched political muddle in
Louisiana has at last brought forth its
legitimate fruit. The usurpations of a
desperate faction so openly winked at
by the .national executive has culmi
nated in a responsibility on his part tar
from agreablo. At the lust election Uio
democratic-liberal ticket for local otli
cers in Grant parish was elected by a
majority ■ sufficiently large to have
commanded respect in any other por
tion of the United States. But for the
desperate faction headed by Casey and
Kellogg it was but a pebble to be cast
aside in mining the political quarry.—
The infamous Lynch returning board
ignored the election of these parish
officers, and Kellogg appointed men to
fill the vacancies. Tlio persons thus
appointed failed for some reason or
other to qualify, and in a lit of honesty
Kellogg .commissioned the men. who
were properly elected.
Ward, a member ot the Uryados
street legislature, learning that Kellogg
was going to issue these commissions-,
hastened to Colfax tho county seat of
Grant parish, and took violent and
forcible possession of tho court house
and offices with a mob. There was a
proposition to hold a mass meeting of
tho’peoplo for tho purpose of expressing
their condemnation in a .quiet way at
the course pursued by these men, but
when tho day arrived for tho meeting
to have been called together there was
such violent demonstrations .made by
Ward, llcgistcr and Flowers, and the
armed men that was backing them,
that the few white people who had tho
matter in hand did not pretend to do
anything, but quietly returned to thoir
homes, without going near tho court
house, or assembling anywhere.
.1 ml go Uutland’s house was , sacked,
and he was pursued some distance on
ids way down the river, on a steam
boat, to New Orleans, and threatened
by Hie mob.'
"The negroes did not stop at those
proceedings, but drove away every re
spectable white man from tbo place and
transformed the town into a military
camp, by organizing a complete revo
lution ill the parish and inaugurating!}
reign of terrorism which resulted in the
flight of all tho while people within
twenty or-thirty miles of tho place.—
Nearly all left in consequence of throats
made against thoir lives. Although
the whites of the parish aud of some
of the neighboring towns —Alexandria,
for example—had organized and armed
themselves to attack the negroes in
their camp at Colfax, owing to some
misunderstanding they failed to effect
a junction of the three bodies into
which they wore subdivided, and tho
Alexandria party, 'numbering thirly
sevon men, returned to thoir homes. —
In the meantime the negroes were en
trenched at Colfax Sonin 4011 strong
with pickets thrown out for a distance
ot twouty miles. They committed in
numerable outrages, ordered white
citizens out of the county aud frighten
ed many others away, invaded private
houses and insulted aud robbed with
out stint. In addition to this they
forced all Uio peaceable negroes to
leave their work and join them. A
state of anarchy prevailed in the couu-
It seems that on Saturday tho sherilf
summoned a posse of citizens number
ing some 150, organized and determin
ed to pujt a slop to an outrage, com
pared with which tho operlilions of the
-Modoc savages sink into insignificance,
i mi Sunday this small body of citizens
made an attack on tho 400 outlaws who
had strongly entrenched' themselves in
■leelTligh" around it, and u brisk light
was kept'up until three o’clock. The
breastworks were then stormed and
captured, the negroes taking refugeiu
the court house the doors, of which
were barricaded.-. After some further
lighting tho negroes threw out a flag of
truce and several detachments of men
advanced on it, when they were fired
on by tbe besieged party, wounding
several, one of whom, ‘Captain Hodnot,
was shot in the bowels, and,ft is feared,
fatally wounded. The assailants re
treated to the outside of the breast
works, and as tho only means of dis
lodging the negroes tho court house
was set on tiro, and they were shot us
they came from tho burning building,
li is reported that between SO and 100
negroes were killed, aud that there
were none afterward-to ho found for
miles around.
Thu captain of the steamboat youth
Western, which anivecl at New Or
leans on Monday, makes the following
statement: #
We arrived at Colfax -on Sunday
evelngv about eight o’clock, and found
thal the white people (with the sheriff
at their head) had cajdurcd the town,
after having hud a conflict with tho
negroes, it was rcpoitcd to me that
about one hundred negroes imd been
killed and many wounded. Wo saw
from oui boat about fifteen or twenty
lying around on the banks dead. One
Whiteman was reported killed, whose
name I did not learn, and two very
seriously wounded, uessrs Hodnot and
Harris. Mr. IlodnoL was shot through
the bowels, and it is supposed that ho
is mortally wounded. .We brought
Messrs Hodnot and Harris down from
Colfax to Alexandria. Three or four
other while men wore slightly wound
ed. About one hundred negroes es
caped, but it was reported that the
whites were still pursuing them. All
the leaders of the riot escaped. The
negroes ambuscaded themselves in the
court house. The whites, on finding
there was no other mode of attack lelt
then, set lire to the building. The
whites numbered in the neighborhood
of 100 men. The light lasted from
twelve o’clock until nearly live p. in.
The whiles are now in possession of
Colfax, and when I left,, everything
was quiet.
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, D. C., 1
A}>ril2\sf t 1873. j
TUB NEXT SPEAKERSIIII*.
This is termed mi “off' year in nation
al politics. Woli, it is for the people at
large. There are no speeqhes to be made,
ami there is no voting to he done. But
it is a mighty important year lor the pol
iticians—l moan, of course, the leading
and, would-be lending politicians, espec
ially the members of the 43d Congress.
These last will bo ns busy us heavers be
tween now and December, concocting
treasons, stratagems and plots in the in
terests of their respective cliques. And
all this involves any amount of traveling,
letter-writing and telegraphing, which
cost money, thno and labor. Thou there’s
the work of, carefully preparing a choice
assortment, of extemporaneous hursts of
electric eloquence, impromptu hons mois
etc. etc., for future use on tire Hoot- of tiro
House or 'Bennie. No, Indeed, this is no
“oil'" year for the aspiring congr. ssman.
But, perhaps, what will cliiof.y occupy
tlio time and attention of leading repre
sentatives during the summer and au
tumn is the constitution of tile commit
tees of the 43d Congress which will de
pend largely, of course, on tho next
speaker. And tills naturally leads ton
consideration of tho
PROSPECTS OK JAMES G. BRAINI,
Blaine lias been twice eleeted Speaker
of tile House of Representatives, and yet
hols not happy. Ho wants to preside
over the -13 d Congress. Insatiate Blaine !
If, however, that were all Ire wanted, he
could probably gel it. But Blaln Inis
also other and higher aspirations In the
not very romotc future lie has not yet
quite made up his mind whether lo simps
his course with solo reference to succeed
ing Hamlin In tho Senate, on March 4,
1575, or In strike, boldly but cautiously,
fur the llrst place on Ilia'republican pres
idential tieket of 1870. '
Sh Iwjuitw■ Jllain: “Illinois will have
had the presidency from the republican!
party sixteen long and tedious years ; tho
next uomiuatlon will certainly ho cou
'coded to tho East; and, in that case, Why
not to James G. Bhtiu, of tho extreme
East, it ho only plays his cards right."
If tho Mouse elected Its, committees, as
Uio Souato does, .Biiiin would ho all right;
lint ttio Speaker having tho appointment
of them, ho is iu
A DEVIL OF A "FIX.” .
I said just now that Blain wauls tho
next Speakership. I will hotter express
my Idea by saying that ho wauls the
prestige of.undiminishod iuUueuoo which
a third election to that prominent posi
tion would give him. Ho knows, on the
ono hand, that defeat in a contest for the
cauoiis nomination would Injure him per
inaußutly, and on the other hand, that
hU declining to bo ft candidate would be
attributed to Ids concioustiess of waning
Inlluence. Therefore ho wants the
Hpeakerahlp—but only because he does
not poo how ho can have a political fu
ture without it. But here Is his fix. io
got the Republican caucus nomination
for the speakership it will be necesawry
for him to have pledged himself to such
a constitution of the House committees
of the 43d Congress as will place him be
fore the country the endorser and patron
of the congressional credit mobilicr opera
tors and salary-grabbers ; abd to volun
tarily assume that position would, he is
well aware, densely Cloud bis prospects
of the coveted seuatorshlp, and utterly
deatioy his chances for the republican
nomination for the presidency in '7O- He
knows that tho people of all parties have
condemr.ed, in the strongest language,
the dishonest practices of the. very men
upon whom ho would have to rely for tho
speukersldf), and whom ho would have to
repay in appointments; aud that they,
the people, would never forgive a speak
er who had deliberately insulted them
by appointing- tho ringleaders of these
corrupt cliques to positions of trust aud
honor, in which the public interests may
bo perilled, ahd money may bo scandal
ously in ado,by dishonest men-
WHAT lIE DANE NOT HO.
Tile new speaker, whoever iie may be,
will baldly dare to defy public opinion
by re-appointing Garfield to tbe impor
tant cliainiiuusbip of tbo Committee on
Appropriations, or.Daws to that of Ways
and Means; nor will lie, if bo be wise,
■continue Hooner of Massachusetts and
Schofield anil Kelly of Pennsylvania in
their recpective chairmanships. Aud it
must bo remembered, also, in estimating
the awkward position iu which tho next
Speaker will find himself, that', after ho
shall have disposed in some fashion, ot
the chairmanship Licht in the 42(1 Con
gi-'-ss by the aforesaid old -stager Who
since their ru-elcctlon have been repudi
ated for their misdeeds by tbe people, he
will have to appoint successors to the fol
lowing committee chairman, ol the 42d
congress wbotiavehot been re-olcoted-to
the 43d:
Retiring Chairman. Utalc. Commiller.
Austin llliili-, Midi. Claims.
WaiuM abettu barger, Oil lot Commerce.
John It. Ketclmm. N. V. nubile I anils.
John F. Fanisivortu, 111. P. oUlcoiaP roads
a. H. Uiu-UOLt, Mo. Manufactures. •
John T. Wilson, - Ohio, Agriculture.
John A. Bingham, Ohio. Judiciary.
W. It. Upson, Ohio. Private hand elms
N. P. Hanks, Mass. Foreign Adairs.
JolmTallo. Noli. Territories. . ,
Jesse 11. Moore, 111. Invalid Pensions
Ij. W. Peise, Miss, education .t Labor
G. A. Halsey, N. V. Bidl'gs & Orouuds.
James U. McGrow, W. Va. Mileage..
John neatly. Ohio. Printing.
John A. Peters. Ale. ' Library.
C; W. Buckley, Ala. Enrolled Bills,.
John Lynch, Me. Uxp’rs In Treasdpt
John Hill. N. I. isxp’rsln luti'dpt
Many of the above'committees, it will
be seen, are among Hie most important
ones; and tlio country will keep a watch
ful eye upon tbe policy by which the
Speaker will bo guided in selecting chair
men for them, Aud Blain sees this. He
knows Hint bo cannot ride two horses—
that ho most either boldly and unmistak
ably repudiate the erod'd mpbilier opera
tors and tuo salary-grabbers,- or accept
the speakership from them, constitute the
committees tosiiittliem, then order a cof
fin and a shroud,Head a pious, prayful life,
and get-otherwise ready to bo buried, at
the close of tile 43d congress, in a politi
cal grave which will never give up its
dead. A. F. B.
THE. MODOO WAR
Two Days' Fighting—The Savages Com
pletely Hemmed In-Only five Soldiers
Killed,
llhadqua utiohs Moboo Expedition,
South of Tule Hake, April- lo.—The
day opened warm and still, but was uab
ereb in by the roar of musketry and occa
sional booming of howitzers. Col. Ma
son’s camp was at Hospital Hock on the
north side of Captain Jack’s position,
and directly under that famous strong
hold. Gen. Gillum, who has been wait
big tho arrival of his stores, and Warm
Spring Indians, issued orders yesterday
for tents to be struck and drawn iu a com
pact shape to a place near Hospital Hock;
for the troops to bo supplied with three
day’s rations and one hundred rounds of
ammunition ; for the cavalry to be ready
to move at two A. M. io-day ; lor Col.
Mason, cm tho opposite side of tho Hava
Ik’d, to move at the same hour on the
enemy.
Colonel Perry and'Lieuteuaut Cresson,
with tho oxvuiry, were to move a point
IK-yuml the main cave, and conceal them
hclves untU joined In the morning by the
infantry and' artillery. ..It was hoped
that when the latter companies left camp
the Modocs would observe them, and iu
an attempt lo put them off fall into the
Jiands ol the cavalry. These movements
were’ faithfully executed, probably hur
ried a little on our side by tho escape of
•Long Jim. a Modoc, wuo was under
guard as a prisoner ol war. At midnight
bo leaped, the guard, and escaped,
though many shots were tired at him.
At daylight we heard an irregular fnsl*
lade on tho opposite side ot tho Hava bed,
and knew Colonel Mason’s force or his
skirmishers were engaged. At six
o’clock we heard the boom of the howit
zers and saw shells bursting over Cap
tain Juck’seamp. At this Umo the rocks
were swarming with Indiana and the
bring was rapid. The plan of battle was
from the north side, Col. Mason was to
advance hia com maud on the right, the
Warm Spring Indians on his left circling
up along tho ledge to unite with the
troops from this side, leaving only tho
lake for the Modocs to escape by. Hieut.
Greery was in camp in charge of the.
arms and ammunition.
Captain Trimble, of the First Artillery,
with twenty men, was left in charge of
the camp on this side. Col. Green, nt7
A. M. united with. Col. Perry’s command
iu about an hour and a-hulf after leaving
camp, and soon the bull opened. Cap
tain Miller, Company E, of the Twelfth
infantry, commanding a battalion, his
company being commanded by Lieuten
ant Leary, had the extreme right. Next
to him were Captain Throckmortin’s
Battery, M, Fourth Artillery, and Lieut.
Mania’- Buttery, K, Fourth artillery.
Captain Egan’s company ami Captain
'Wright’s company, E, both of tho
Twelfth Infantry, formed tho centre.
The cavalry wcioou tho extreme loft.
While marching along the shore, just at
the head ot Long oavp, about a mile and
a-hall from Jack’s camp, the troops en
countered the first opposition. Strag
gling shots were fired from the bluff at
long range.
The men wore deployed iu open skir
mish order, and advanced slowly under
such cover as tho rocks afforded. Our
rigbtopeueda gorge in the bind, fiom tho
right bank of which came straggling
shuts, while a low fell around us from
the left bank. Our skirmishers crept up,
supported by the reserves, until we ar
rived at short range, when a severe vol
ley was fired from tho bluff, there evi
dently being Hour3o Indiana posted there.
Thu fire was heavy. After standing
about fifteen minutes the order to charge
was given, and the men sprung forward
amiu the most dnUeniug yells from the
Modocs. Such was the rapidity of the
onslaught, and so unexpected, tho troops
were on them before they knew .it, and
in a few,minutes wo wore musters of tho
situation, and onr bravo boys wore be
hind tho rocks, resting at their leisure.
General Gillum had sent an order to Col.
Mason to stir them up on hla side, and
helot into them with a vengeance, dis
tracting their attention, and materially
nssi-ting our troops.
The churgo was ouo. Mean
while we oxtricdTeii our wounded—four
In number. None were killed, Captain
Egan mid ids men fought gallantly; so
did uli engaged. Captain Egan was
wounded Iu tho arm, but would not leave
the field* 15. O. Conner, private of Bat
tery M, Fourth Artillery, was shot In the
lot —a llush wound; Private J. Hanley,
Battery K, Fourth Artillery, 'vaa shot in
the forearm ; Corporal 15. KellesK, Bat
tery C, Fourth Artillery, received a scalp
wound: Private McManus, Co. Jlj,
Twelfth Infantry, had hia I hightcrushed,
p. McManus, of. tho linn McCounel &
McManus, meruhiintyal Yreku, ventured
between Uio advance lino held by Lap
luin .Miller,s ilien, Who curried the bluff
under ordor.y in suedi a gallant style, mid
tbo reserve Hue, aud was shot firm the
high bluff and loft, on the ground.
The tinea were 505 yurda apart, and tbe
ground between tbeiu uncovered. When
tbo mortars arrive tbe bluu will bo shell
ed aud recovered. It is supposed that
McManus was shot through the heel, by
the way bis mule was found to bo wound
ed. ...
At 2 P. M. tbo order was given to ad
vance tbo mortars. Major Thomas, in
command ; Lletit. Cranston Howe,of the
4th artillery, aud Sergeant Earner, with
nineteen men, composed the party. At
4.30 the lino was deployed down the lake
opposite Jack’s camp, and crossed the in
terviewing open space at double quick
without receiving a shot.
They are now In readiness to charge
the blufl's, when the mortars have done
their work. Tito mortars have arrived
on the ground and taken position. All
Was quiet until 5.30,.when a sudden and
heavy volley rattled aloug'Col. Masoh’s
Hue, aud continued several minutes.
Just previous to tills it was signalled that
no ono had beoq killed or wounded. .
A pack train .of Warm Spring In
dians has just arrived, composed of 17
mules and 150 horses.
At 5.10 V. M. the first shot was fired
from the mortars any planted right into
tho bluffs. A few shells were thrown,
going well into part of the lava beds,
apparently doing good work. Our lino
now extends from under tho bluffs,
where Jack’s cave is, up to tho ledge to
the south for nearly a mile. The bluff's
carried by Capt. Milier are now held.
Two ledges intervene between- the
men and the main plateau. Now,-at 6
P. M., tho mortars aro being moved
forward as our men are ready to scale,
the heights.
If Colonel Mason’s line has not been
broken, by tomorrow we shall bo with
the Warm Spring Indians, and have
tho red fiends encircled, with but the
lake left them to escape by. From ap
pearances it would seem that the lower
lake shore and tho bluffs have been
cleared of the Indians by Colonel Ma
son, as our men are steadily advancing
without receiving any shots. The
troops will probably hold the low rocks
for cover, uutll morning. '
San Francisco, April 17. —The fol
lowing official despatch has been re
ceived here:
HEADQUARTERS MODOO EXPED’N, 1
Lava Beds, April 15. j
Maj.. Gen. Schofield, San Fran
cisco : Have fought the Indians-all day
and driven them to tho immediate
vicinity of their, strongholds. Our
losses are one officer,. Lieut. Egan,
wounded, not seriously, and three en
listed men killed and nine wounded.
We hope to surround them to-morrow.
A. 0. Gillbm,
Colonel Commanding.
TUB FIGHTING ON WEDNESDAY,
Lava Beds, April IG.—During the
night the Modocs’ position remained
the same as they occupied at sunset
yesterday evening; This morning a
hotly emtested tight took place on Col.
Green’s left. The Indians endeavored
to get to the lake for water, but out
troops succeeded in keeping them
away. At 7A. M., a despatch was re
ceived from Mason’s camp saying some
Modocs had passed out on his loft, and
were then on his flank, and rear.
During the night tho mortars, under
command of Major Thomas, opened Are
on the Modoc camp, which was kept
up, and very much annoyed the In
dians. who could be heard yelling and
shouting at an awful rate. At 2P. M.
ihe troops under Colonel Greene were
ordered to move forward from the
position they had held .during the
the top ol the ridge next to Captain,
Jack’s camp, which was so hotly con
tested yesterday, and which had been
so nearly deserted to day. When our
men reached this position cheers could
be heard along the whole lino.
.Orders were then given to sweep the
Lava Bods. A despatch was sent, by
signal to Capt. Bernard, ordering him,
in case the Modocs had got out on Col.
Mason’s left, to pursue them immedi
ately with cavalry and give them no
rest. At 10 o’clock our troops had
gained considerable ground,, aud the
tiring was becoming more frequent, and
the general impression was that the
Lava Beds were ours. Orders had been
given for Col. Mason to move his right
forward rapidly, and if possible join
Col. Greene’s left. This will cut the
.Modocs off.
From ton to twelve o’clock there
was considerable firing from south
to tho lake. Only part of the Modocs
could have got out on Col. Mason’s
left, as Indians can bo heard in the vi
cinity of Jack’s cave. Tho motrars,
which .have ceased tiring since day
light,. have been ordered to a new
position within GOO yards of the cave
aud near the water of the lake.
About 12o'clock Cols. Green and Ma
son’s commands effected a junction,
which entirely cuts off the Modocs from
the water. After this movement was
effected, occasional tiring was heard
at different parts of tho line. It was
decided not to pusheur men on the In
dian stronghold, as wo might lose many
men without killing an Indian, where
as, if we could keep them from the wa
ter they would have to leave their posi
tion. Wo could nut find them in a
stronger. Our losses in tho two days’
tight have deen five killed and ten
wounded. The only 'officer yet wound
ed is Lieutenant Egan, a flesh wound
in the leg, and he is doing well. Tho
junction has been formed between
Greene’s right and Mason’s left. Five
Indians are reported killed; of these
wo have some scalps. Noneof our kill
od or wounded have yet fallen into the
hands of the Indians.
It is evident that if our men can hold
their position on the lake shore the Mo
docs will have to surrender. There is
at present a heavy Are of musketry
near the lake shore, aud the Indians
are evidently fighting for water. Every
one who has seen our troops in action
speaks of them in tho highest terms.
Ykeka, Cal., April 20.—A courier
who-just returned from the front brings
tho intelligence that tho Indians have
escaped from the lava beds, and that
our troops are in hot pursuit.
Ykeka, Cal., April -20.—Later ac
counts from the front state that tho In
dians are still in the lava beds, sur
rounded by our troops.
This is all the nows wo have up to
the time of going to press.
McDonald, collector of customs at
Halifax, on tho ISth lost., gave judg
moiit in the Atlantic inquiry in open
court. He commended the conduct of
the olßcors after the ship struck, but
condemned her management from the
lime she boro up for Halifax, at I P.
M. on tho 31st of March, especially, the
captain’s conduct in leaving tho deck
at midnight. His certificate might he
cancelled, but, In consideration of ids
efforts to save life, it shall be revoked
for two years; John Brown, fourth
officer, to be suspended for. three
months.
lx has been discovered that “it is un
lawful for tobacco ohewora to beg a
chew." The .United Slates • Internal
Revenue law allows no person or persons
to soil or dispose of tnbocco in any form,
no matter how small or great the hulk,
without first paying a license of live dol
lars-
local itl ms.
'l'iuAt, OF ALIIERT ZITZF.It FOII THE
Murder OF ills Father.- Tile trial of
Alliorl Ziizer for tlio murder of Ilia fnlli
er, Dr. Clinrlea F. Zltzur, commenced on
■Wednesday of last week, holoru Ills'
Honor Judge Junltln, and closed on
Friday. W F. Sadler, District Attor
ney, and A. B. Sharpe, Esq., conducted
the prosecution, and C. E. Maglaughiln,
Esq., appeared for Hie prisoner. Tho
Court delivered their charge to the jury
on Friday evening,and on Monday night
at half past fen o’clock, the jury-after
being out seventy-nine hours—returned
with a verdict of “manslaughter,” with
a recommendation for' mercy. Young
Zitzer is sixteen years of ago and about
live feet six Inches in height, and from
tho general appearance of the youth no
person would suppose that ho had any
thing bad In him.
Change of Base.—The last Carlisle
Herald informs its. readers that hereafter
that paper will be published by a stock
company, with a capital of $25,000. We
are really sorry to see this change In the
old Herald. Stock company .papers In a
country town wore never, known to pay
the stockholders, and have often been a
source of.annoyanca to the editors. ‘I Too
many cooks spoil the broth,” is a trite
but true saying, and too many proprie
tors' in a newspaper are not desirable. Nor
i 5525,000 much of a capital forastookcom
pany to boast of. Wo have had about that
amount invested in the Volunteer es
tablishment for the last eight years, and
could not get along very well with
less. When we discover that we are
unable to carry this amount of capital in
our business we will throw up the sponge
and quit. We will have no stockholder
or stockholders about us. However, we
sincerely wish our neighbors success in
their, enterprise, if enterprise it can be
called, and hope the new order of things
may be the means increasing the revenue
of the Herald.
Death’s Doings.— Our readers will re
gret (o learii that Sussie, daughter of I?.
A. and Susan Tanuohlll, formerly of this
place, died at Toronto, Canada, on the
3d lilt. Those of our citizens who visited
Helen D’Bste’s. entertainment iu this
place, in July last, will remember that
she took part In the play of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin, as “Eva,” and gave universal
satisfaction. We do not know whether
Mr. Tannehill intended to educate her
for the stage or hot; but If sho had lived
ond followed the occupation, would have
made a first-class actress. She has been
however out down at the tender age of
seven, years, by that- terrible disease,
typhoid fever. Her remains were for
warded'from Toronto tp this place on the
16th Inst., and interred in the old grave
yard. Peace to her ashes.
We regret to announce that our towns-,
man, A. B. Zelgler, was prostrated,by a
apoplectic- stroke on Friday night lash
His recovery is considered doubtful.
N. B.—Since writing tbe above Mr.
Zeigior has died, remaining unconscious
from the time of the first attack.
Improvements, —Wo hear it said
that several new dwelling houses will
bo erected in Carlisle during the course
of the coining summer, . On East Main
Street, Win. Barnitz, Blair McCora
mon and J. P. Bixler have already
broken ground, and will shortly erect
for themselves handsome brick houses.
On East Pomfret street, Mrs. Bender is
having put up a brick tenant house,
and. nitnouKli the times are hard and
money unusually tight, we have no
doubt other buildings will bo erected
in different sections of the borough. If
so, we will make a report of them at
the proper time ■ •
Accidental Poisoning.—Od Satur-.
day morning' last Mrs. Jeremiah, resi
ding on Louther street, accidentally poi
soned herself by taking a largo dose from
u bottle containing horse liniment in
mistake for medicine she had obtained
from her physician. •_ When found she'
was slttiug on a chair in an apparently
helpless condition. Her daughters im
mediately assisted her to bed and called
in the services of a physician, who ap
plied the proper restoratives., and at last
accounts she was in a fair way of recove
ry. Mrs. J’s. mind has been greatly
Impaired for some years past.
The Coleman Sister s—This celebra
ted troupe wilt give an entertainment in
Bheera’s Hall, on next Saturday eve
ning, April 2G. Those of our citi
zens who desire to witness a first-class
play, splendidly rendered by one of the
l»o.“t dramatic companies now travelling,
should procure seats aud bo‘on hand on
iho night of the edtcrtainraent. The
banjo duets and solos, cornet duets, songs
and dances of the Misses Alice, Louie
and Clara are alone worth the price of
admission. This company has given
several entertainments in Harrisburg
during the past week, and the papers of
that city speak of it in very flattering
terms.
Changes.—Within the last week we
have had several changes of olfico-bol*
dors in Carlisle. Muj. Patton has been
superseded as Collector of U. ti. Taxes,
and Mr. Williams of York, put in his
place. John Campbell, ticket agent for
the Cumberland Valley rail-road, bus
been supplanted, u gentleman from
Chambersburg having temporary charge
of the office.. A. J. Duncan baa been
appointed agent for Adams' Express,
Mcg A. iNoble.
Dit. W. Z. Bentz, dentist, baa located
at No. 24 West Pomfret street, in this
place, and oilers bis professional services
to tile public. Teeth made to order, bad
ly fitting remodeled, teeth filled and
diseased gums treated in the moat ap
proved manner. The Doctor is a gradu
ate of the Pennsylvania College of dental
surgery.
Ois Friday, May 2d, there will be a
meeting of the various School Boards in
the county, to dual action on the
report of tGo Committee appointed to
report a uniform series of text books for
use in the schools of the county. All are
requested to bo present. The meeting
will bo held in the Court Boom, nt 10
o’clock, A. M-
The Meohanlcsburg band passed thro’
tills place bn Friday last en route for
Charabersburg to attend the parade of the
American Mechanics, which took place
ou the above day.
Uev. J. S. Foulk will preach the next
of liis series of sermons to young men on
next Habbath afternoon, at 4 o’clock, in
Emory Chapel. All are Invited.
Keep a lookout for Harper's now
advertisement next week. A now and
beautiful stock of goods Just received.
Good beam hand wanted. idee adver
tisement in another column.
Fic-nic parties are already tnlkctj of,
A drenching rain fell on Pri(|„ v
evening Inst. •
The ice wagons will soon bo on i|, t .
move,
Delaware has some peaches yet in
spite of the frost. '
Stomach bitters are in demand. You
take your choice.
Are you nicely fixed In your now
dwelling?
Here and there—the hairs of a young
man’s moustnobe.
A question of privilege—asking to go
home with a girl.
Don’t bite off more than you can chow
when you borrow tobacco. '
Corner loafers are requested to attend
church for a change.
The latest parasol handle is as big nan
sbillelab.
It Is legal to kill mosquitoes now, but
it Is inconvenient.
Woman’s coming motto—“No ballot,
no Babies.”
Book keepers and chickens have to
scratch for a living.
Candidates for the various county
offices are becoming numerous.
Our young men are agitating the qus 3 .
tion of spring suite.
Gardening, planting and pruning is
brisk.
Several accidents of a slight nature
occurred at the market-house on Satur
day morning.
Women are said to bo angels Just two
months—a month before marriage, ami
for thirty days after death. 1
Advertising reminds peopleof things
they had been wanting all along, but had
forgotten all about.
We arc not In the habit of kicking ut
every our that happens to bark at our
heels.
The Silver Spring trout propagation
company will soon commence the sale of
their delicious fish.
** Notwithstanding the Local Option Law has
passed,
Tho volunteeu Eating Saloon Is still in full
blast!”
The next holiday will bo' "Decoration
Das,” when the graves of our soldiers
are to bo strewn with flowers. It occurs
on the 30th of May.
Sassafras tea is becoming a favorite
beverage with-souie of our citizens In
lieu of laget beer.
Court Proceedings.— l The follow
ing cases are continued from our last
issue
Comth. vs. Amos A, Walker.—Se
duction, fornication and bastardy.
Pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay $l5
lying in expenses, $3O for pnstiinainte
nance, and 50 cents per week for G years
and 4,months.
Comth. vs. P. Pritsch.—Selling liquor
to minors, selling on ' Sunday,- selling
without license, &c. Settled.
Comth. vs. K. Minich.—Bawdy
house, disorderly house, &c. Pleads
guilty. Sentenced 30 days to jail, and
$1 fine and coats.
Comth. vs. 0, Windemaker, ot. ah—
Aggravated assault and battery. A
nolle prosequi entered by leave of
Court.
Comth. va. W., Windeamker, A.
Snavely, H. Welsh,—Biot and assault,
aggraved assault and battery. A noth
prosequi entered by'leave of Court.
Comth. vs. J. Dougherty, A; Snavely
and H. Welsh. —Assault aud battery.
A nolle pvoseqiii entered by leave'of
Court.
. Comtli. vs. W v Thompson.—Assault
and battery. Guilty. Sentenced to
enter bail to keep the,peace.
Comth, vs. David Fisher.—Assault
and battery, assault with intent to kill.
Not guilty. Costs divided.
Comth. vs, P. D. Johns, E. Johns, J.
Johns. Aggravated assault, assault
and battery. A nolle iirosequi entered
by leave of Court. *
Comth, vs. 0. Brown. —Assault with
intent to commit rape, assault and bat
tery. Not guilty. County for costs. ‘
Com. vs. Albert Zitzer. Murder, man
slaughter. The jury after being out
seventy-nine hours returned a verdict of
manslaughter, with a recommehdat/on
for mercy.
Com. vs. John Umbergor, Jacob Wag
goner,.Eliaa B. Eyster aud Henry Sny
der, Neglect of duty—the first three, not
guilty—and- Henry Snyder guilty iu
manner aud form as indicted. Motion
made for arrest of judgment. ;
Com va. Bobert Bowermastor. Forni
cation and bastardy. A true bill. Not
arrested.
Com vs. Chas. Branson. Assault with
intent to commit rape, assault and but
tery. True bill. Not guilty. County to
pay costs.
Com. vs. Isaac Sampson et nl. Assault
and battery. Continued.
Com. va. John J. Enford. Adultery,
fornication and bastardy. True bill.
Continued.
Com. vs. Wm. Morris. Fornication
and bastardy. True bill. NoUcproseqni
entered by leave of co
Com. vs. Jus. Cuff. Assault and bat
tery. Ignored. Georgia E. Cuff to pay,
costa.
Com. vs. Sam’l Thompson. Fornica
tion and bastardy. Ignored. County to
pay costs.
Com: vs. John P. Boyer. False pre
tences. Continued.
Com. vs. Margaret Harlan. Liquor
without license. Plead guilty.
Com. vs. Chas. Fry. Assault and bat
tery, Ignored. Joseph lokes to pay costs.
Com. vs. Mrs. Brown, Continued from
January term. Pleadsgullty. Sentence
suspended upon payment of costs.
Com. vs. Wm. Peters. Assault and
battery. Bill ignored. County to pay
coats.
Com. vs. A. Lane. Assault and bat
tery. Bill ignored. County to pay costs.
Com. vs. Margaret Harlan. Bawdy
house and disorderly house. Plead gull •
ty. Sentenced ns to disorderly house to
pay a fine of $5O and costs, and sentence
as to bawdy house held over until Au
gust court.
Com. vs. George L. Goucher. Assault
and battery. Ignored. Clara I. Piper to
pay costs.
Com. vs. Joseph Darr. Embezzlement.
True bill. Continued. .
Com. vs. S. R. Grove. Selling H<l“ or
to minors, True bill. Continued.
Com. vs. Henry Rupp. Fornication
and bastardy. Not arrested.
.Com. vs. William E. Evans. Assault,
with Intent to commit rape, assault and
battery. True bill. Not guilty, and coun
ty for costs. '
Com. vs. Hugh Duncan and Catharine
Duncan.' Assault and battery. Ignored.
County for costs.